There are sports federations for people with disabilities, operating at both national and regional level. Furthermore, the Spanish Olympic Committee also coordinates all types of sport for people with disabilities.
The Canary Islands Federation of Sports for People with Disabilities
This Canary Islands federation promotes sport amongst those with disabilities.
The federation currently has categories for people with different disabilities such as a physical disability, blindness and those with a visual impairment, cerebral palsy or people with a hearing disability.
The federation also covers an extensive list of sports. Amongst others, the following feature: athletics, basketball, cycling, skiing, football, hockey, swimming, judo, tennis and boccia (a version of petanque for people with a disability).
The Spanish Federation of Sports for People with a Physical Disability (FEDPDF)
The Spanish Federation of Sports for People with a Physical Disability (FEDPDF) is a private body that brings together the physically disabled, technicians (with or without a disability) and sports associations and disability federations from the Autonomous Regions.
Amongst the sports included in the federation we find athletics, cycling, badminton, basketball, cycling, fencing, skiing, football, weightlifting, equestrian sports, swimming and sub-aquatic activities.
Spanish Paralympic Committee
The Spanish Paralympic Committee coordinates all sports activities for people with a disability within Spain, in collaboration with the National Sports Council.
The five Spanish sports federations form part of the Paralympic Committee and organise all competitive sport in Spain according to the particular type of disability, boasting a total of more than 13,000 affiliated sportspeople.
The federations are
- The Spanish Blind Sports Federation (FEDC)
- The Spanish Federation of Sports for People with a Physical Disability (FEDDF)
- The Spanish Federation of Sport for people with Intellectual Disabilities (FEDDI)
- The Spanish Deaf Sports Federation (FEDS)
- The Spanish Sports Federation for people with Cerebral Palsy (FEDPC)
For further information
The Canary Islands Federation of Sports for People with Disabilities
Website: www.federacioncanariadpd.org
The Spanish Paralympic Committee
Website: www.paralimpicos.sportec.es